Gravity-based recommendation experience in graph form for large scale management

Abstract

An interactive graph for dynamically displaying relationships between assets of a computing system and policies is disclosed. In the interactive graph, policies may be clustered using policy parameters and assets may be clustered using asset parameters. Whenever any of the parameters are changed, the graph is updated such that the impact of the changes or adjustments are visible. Policies can be applied to unprotected assets by dragging an unprotected asset into a policy or policy cluster. The interactive graph may provide a holistic view of policy-asset relationships and allows the impact of parameter adjustments to be quickly identified.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for managing assets in a computing system, the method comprising:
 displaying an interactive graph on a display of a computing device, wherein the interactive graph includes policy nodes and asset nodes and wherein the interactive graph illustrates relationships between the policy nodes and the asset nodes, wherein each of the policy nodes is associated with a policy and each of the asset nodes is associated with an asset;   receiving input at the computing device related to adjusting at least one parameter associated with the interactive graph;   generating recommendations for assigning unprotected assets to a policy; and   modifying the interactive graph such that the recommendations are presented visually, wherein the assets include protected assets and unprotected assets, wherein the recommendations are graphically illustrated and identify which of the policies are recommended for which of the assets.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising performing an asset clustering operation to cluster the assets based on asset clustering parameters. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the asset clustering parameters include one or more of a size, a network, a change rate, an asset type, a sensitivity, a name, a security level, a retention, password protected, load, availability, busy hours, up time, and/or past protected. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising adjusting at least one of the asset clustering parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted at least one of the asset clustering parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising performing a policy clustering operation to cluster the policies based on policy clustering parameters. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the policy clustering parameters include one or more of asset type, retention, estimated recovery point objective, storage target, schedule, location, and/or replication/cloud tier. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising adjusting at least one of the policy clustering parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted at least one of the policy clustering parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising adjusting co-dependent parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted co-dependent parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising dragging an unprotected asset node onto a policy node or a policy cluster to assign corresponding policies to the corresponding asset. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising executing a function to determine a preferability of each policy cluster to protect an asset cluster, wherein the function is based on user preferences and parameters. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
 displaying an interactive graph on a display of a computing device, wherein the interactive graph includes policy nodes and asset nodes and wherein the interactive graph illustrates relationships between the policy nodes and the asset nodes, wherein each of the policy nodes is associated with a policy and each of the asset nodes is associated with an asset;   receiving input at the computing device related to adjusting at least one parameter associated with the interactive graph;   generating recommendations for assigning unprotected assets to a policy; and   modifying the interactive graph such that the recommendations are presented visually, wherein the assets include protected assets and unprotected assets, wherein the recommendations are graphically illustrated and identify which of the policies are recommended for which of the assets.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising performing an asset clustering operation to cluster the assets based on asset clustering parameters. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein the asset clustering parameters include one or more of a size, a network, a change rate, an asset type, a sensitivity, a name, a security level, a retention, password protected, load, availability, busy hours, up time, and/or past protected. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 12 , further comprising adjusting at least one of the asset clustering parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted at least one of the asset clustering parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising performing a policy clustering operation to cluster the policies based on policy clustering parameters. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the policy clustering parameters include one or more of asset type, retention, estimated recovery point objective, storage target, schedule, location, and/or replication/cloud tier. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 15 , further comprising adjusting at least one of the policy clustering parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted at least one of the policy clustering parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising adjusting co-dependent parameters and modifying the interactive graph such that changes in the interactive graph related to the adjusted co-dependent parameters are displayed. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising dragging an unprotected asset node onto a policy node or a policy cluster to assign corresponding policies to the corresponding asset. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising executing a function to determine a preferability of each policy cluster to protect an asset cluster, wherein the function is based on user preferences and parameters.